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I'm vomiting days before I start shooting a new movie.

Joaquin Phoenix

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Joaquin Phoenix
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: October 28
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The offers were, like, a lot of money - maybe not for other actors, but definitely for me. But I don't want that power. I don't want $20-million power.
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They tell you to memorize your lines, follow your light, and hit your marks. Those are the three things that you shouldn't do. You should not learn your lines, you should not hit your mark, and you should never follow your light. Find your light - that's my opinion. Everyone else will tell me I'm wrong, but that's my opinion.
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My personal life absolutely goes down the drain when I start working that's something that I'm incapable of doing.
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The reason I keep making movies is I hate the last thing I did. I'm trying to rectify my wrongs.
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I once told a journalist that girls call me 'Kitten,' but I couldn't have been more sarcastic, and no matter how many times I've said that it was a joke, it still doesn't go away.
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